HB 69 — STUDENTS: Provides for the screening and diagnosis of students with respect to dyslexia (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 266.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 08, 2023. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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65 sponsors
1 primary, 64 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (27 R · 20 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
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Read HB 69 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 266.
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Effective date: 08/01/2023.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
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Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported with amendments.
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Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
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Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
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Reported with amendments.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 105, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2023.
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Reported with amendments (11-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
Sponsors
- Kirk Talbot · Cosponsor
- Beth Mizell · Cosponsor
- Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews · Cosponsor
- Cleo Fields · Cosponsor
- Mark Wright · Cosponsor
- Matthew Willard · Cosponsor
- Malinda White · Cosponsor
- Jr. William "Bill" Wheat · Cosponsor
- Debbie Villio · Cosponsor
- Francis C. Thompson · Cosponsor
- Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
- Larry Selders · Cosponsor
- Laurie Schlegel · Cosponsor
- Rodney Schamerhorn · Cosponsor
- Neil Riser · Cosponsor
- Thomas Pressly · Cosponsor
- Vincent J. Pierre · Cosponsor
- Tammy T. Phelps · Cosponsor
- Charles Owen · Cosponsor
- Richard Nelson · Cosponsor
- Nicholas Muscarello · Cosponsor
- Pat Moore · Cosponsor
- Wayne McMahen · Cosponsor
- Scott McKnight · Cosponsor
- Jack McFarland · Cosponsor
- Rodney Lyons · Cosponsor
- Ed Larvadain III · Cosponsor
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur · Cosponsor
- Jeremy LaCombe · Cosponsor
- Edmond Jordan · Cosponsor
- Mike Johnson · Cosponsor
- Patrick O. Jefferson · Cosponsor
- John R. Illg Jr. · Cosponsor
- Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
- Valarie Hodges · Cosponsor
- Stephanie Hilferty · Cosponsor
- Lance Harris · Cosponsor
- Kyle M. Green Jr. · Cosponsor
- Cedric Glover · Cosponsor
- Barbara Reich Freiberg · Cosponsor
- Aimee Adatto Freeman · Cosponsor
- Adrian Fisher · Cosponsor
- Rick Edmonds · Cosponsor
- Michael Charles Echols · Cosponsor
- Mary DuBuisson · Cosponsor
- Daryl Andrew Deshotel · Cosponsor
- Raymond J. Crews · Cosponsor
- Jean-Paul Coussan · Cosponsor
- Mack Cormier · Cosponsor
- Wilford Carter Sr. · Cosponsor
- Robby Carter · Cosponsor
- Barbara Carpenter · Cosponsor
- Rhonda Gaye Butler · Cosponsor
- Marcus Anthony Bryant · Cosponsor
- Chad Brown · Cosponsor
- Ken Brass · Cosponsor
- Delisha Boyd · Cosponsor
- Ryan Bourriaque · Cosponsor
- Stuart J. Bishop · Cosponsor
- Roy Daryl Adams · Cosponsor
- Joseph Marino · Primary
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
- C. Travis Johnson · Cosponsor
- Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III · Cosponsor
- Alonzo L. Knox · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 64 co-sponsors · 82 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Joseph Marino
Co-sponsors (64)
- Kirk Talbot Republican
- Beth Mizell Republican
- Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat
- Cleo Fields
- Mark Wright Republican
- Matthew Willard
- Malinda White
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr.
- Debbie Villio Republican
- Francis C. Thompson Republican
- Joe Stagni
- Larry Selders Democrat
- Laurie Schlegel Republican
- Rodney Schamerhorn Republican
- Neil Riser Republican
- Thomas Pressly
- Vincent J. Pierre
- Tammy T. Phelps Democrat
- Charles Owen Republican
- Richard Nelson
- Nicholas Muscarello Republican
- Pat Moore Democrat
- Wayne McMahen Republican
- Scott McKnight
- Jack McFarland Republican
- Rodney Lyons Democrat
- III, Ed Larvadain Democrat
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat
- Jeremy LaCombe Republican
- Edmond Jordan Democrat
- Mike Johnson Republican
- Patrick O. Jefferson
- Jr., John R. Illg Republican
- Dodie Horton Republican
- Valarie Hodges Republican
- Stephanie Hilferty Republican
- Lance Harris
- Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat
- Cedric Glover
- Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican
- Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat
- Adrian Fisher Democrat
- Rick Edmonds Republican
- Michael Charles Echols Republican
- Mary DuBuisson
- Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican
- Raymond J. Crews Republican
- Jean-Paul Coussan
- Mack Cormier
- Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat
- Robby Carter Democrat
- Barbara Carpenter Democrat
- Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican
- Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat
- Chad Brown
- Ken Brass Democrat
- Delisha Boyd Democrat
- Ryan Bourriaque Republican
- Stuart J. Bishop
- Roy Daryl Adams Democrat
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican
- C. Travis Johnson Democrat
- III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican
- Alonzo L. Knox Democrat
Not signed on (82)
82 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 82 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 42 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Unaffiliated | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 95 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Mincey | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Goudeau | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Cormier | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Not Voting |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Frieman | — | Yea |
| McKnight | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Yea |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Not Voting |
| Charles Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Not Voting |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Not Voting |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Not Voting |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Mills, R. | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Bernard | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Milligan | — | Yea |
| Mills, F. | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Cameron Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Frieman | — | Yea |
| McKnight | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Mincey | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Goudeau | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Cormier | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Yea |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 69?
- HB 69 is sponsored by Kirk Talbot (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Cleo Fields, Mark Wright (Republican), Matthew Willard, Malinda White, William "Bill" Wheat , Jr., Debbie Villio (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Joe Stagni, Larry Selders (Democrat), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Neil Riser (Republican), Thomas Pressly, Vincent J. Pierre, Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Charles Owen (Republican), Richard Nelson, Nicholas Muscarello (Republican), Pat Moore (Democrat), Wayne McMahen (Republican), Scott McKnight, Jack McFarland (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Mike Johnson (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Valarie Hodges (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Lance Harris, Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Cedric Glover, Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Mary DuBuisson, Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Jean-Paul Coussan, Mack Cormier, Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Robby Carter (Democrat), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Chad Brown, Ken Brass (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Ryan Bourriaque (Republican), Stuart J. Bishop, Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Joseph Marino, III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), C. Travis Johnson (Democrat), III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc (Republican), and Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 69?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 08, 2023. Enacted.
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